Thesis Projects

Selected Thesis Projects Completed in Building Technology, Architecture, Geomatics, and MSc Sustainable Energy Technology; see all the alumni here

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A Computational Approach for Aenewable Architecture

A Computational Approach for Aenewable Architecture

A computational approach for renewable architecture; a generative design approach using bioplastics and earth by Idil Gumruk

A Machine-Learning Process Based on Topological Shape Recognition

A Machine-Learning Process Based on Topological Shape Recognition

Shape-based classification of seismic building structural types by Raphael Sulzer

A Participatory Design Game for Social Housing Configuration

A Participatory Design Game for Social Housing Configuration

A Participatory Design Game for Social Housing Configuration in the Context of Manaus, in Brazil by Vasilka Espinosa

Computational Method for Early-Stage Design Optimization of Naturally Ventilated Terminals

Computational Method for Early-Stage Design Optimization of Naturally Ventilated Terminals

Computational method for early-stage design optimization of naturally ventilated terminals by Okan Türkcan

Customized Collective Housing

Customized Collective Housing

Customized collective housing, an approach towards participatory design of dwellings by Jacob Wysocki

Developing a Computational Method for Including a Client’s Input In a Mass Customizable 3D Module Building Industry

Developing a Computational Method for Including a Client’s Input In a Mass Customizable 3D Module Building Industry

Developing a computational method for including a client’s input in a mass customizable 3D module building industry by Timmo de Haas

GEN:ARCH

GEN:ARCH

Platform for developing architectural configurations using generative design Methodologies by Aditya Pravin Soman

Generating Building Envelopes Using Multi-Objective Optimization Techniques

Generating Building Envelopes Using Multi-Objective Optimization Techniques

Generating building envelopes using multi-objective optimization techniques by Max Ketelaar

Houscaper

Houscaper

A tool for easy access of architectural polygonization using the Boolean Marching Cubes Algorithm by Solkyu Park

Investigating Principal Stress Lines, Optimization of Gridshell Structures

Investigating Principal Stress Lines, Optimization of Gridshell Structures

Investigating principal stress lines, optimization of gridshell structures by Michael Cobb

Opto-Geometric Modelling of Complex Urban Landscapes

Opto-Geometric Modelling of Complex Urban Landscapes

Opto-Geometric modelling of complex urban landscapes by Karthik Ganapathi Subramanian

Participatory Design Game for Urban Slum

Participatory Design Game for Urban Slum

Participatory design game for urban slum upgrading in the context of Addis Ababa by Beza Bekele

Reconfigurable architecture for compression-only structures

Reconfigurable architecture for compression-only structures

Reconfigurable architecture for compression-only structures by Leticija Petrova

ShellTerra

ShellTerra

ShellTerra; Reconfigurable Masonry Settlements for Refugees by Anna Kaletkina

Subdivision & Approximation of Free-Form Steel Structures

Subdivision & Approximation of Free-Form Steel Structures

Subdivision and approximation of free-form steel structures, development of a methodology for quadrangular subdivision of free-form steel shapes into optimized producible panels. Implementation in a semi-parametric tool by Thomas van Loon

Topology Optimization As Architectural Form-Finding

Topology Optimization As Architectural Form-Finding

Using structural topology optimization to generate architectural geometry by Rick van Dijk

A Topology Optimization Process for Discrete Modular Design based on Discrete Element Modelling for generating reconfigurable funicular structures

A Topology Optimization Process for Discrete Modular Design based on Discrete Element Modelling for generating reconfigurable funicular structures

A Topology Optimization Process for Discrete Modular Design based on Discrete Element Modelling for generating reconfigurable funicular structures by Qinglu Chen

Block Partí

Block Partí

Generating straightforward block constructions with modular intricacies by Selina Bitting

Generative Solar-Climatic Configuration

Generative Solar-Climatic Configuration

A model for feed-forward optimization of building envelopes as to solar energy potential by Anastasia-Kassiani Florou

Topological Stereotomic Design of System of Interlocking Stackable Modular Blocks for Constructing Multi-Storey Masonry Buildings

Topological Stereotomic Design of System of Interlocking Stackable Modular Blocks for Constructing Multi-Storey Masonry Buildings

Topological Stereotomic Design of System of Interlocking Stackable Modular Blocks for Constructing Multi-Storey Masonry Buildings Baolian Liu

A Computational Method to Generate One-story Floor Plans

A Computational Method to Generate One-story Floor Plans

A computational method to generate one-story floor plans for nursing homes based on daylight hour potential and shortest path of circulations by Lincheng Jiang

A Graph-Matching Approach to Indoor Localization

A Graph-Matching Approach to Indoor Localization

A graph-matching approach to indoor localization by Fanny Bot

Analysis of Urban Space Networks for Recreational Purposes based on Mobile Sports Tracking Application Data

Analysis of Urban Space Networks for Recreational Purposes based on Mobile Sports Tracking Application Data

Analysis of urban space networks for recreational purposes based on mobile sports tracking application data by Rusne Sileryte

Assignment of Walking Trips to Pedestrian Network

Assignment of Walking Trips to Pedestrian Network

Assignment of walking trips to pedestrian network in the context of the 4-steps travel demand mode by Ioanna Tsakalakidou,

Bio-Inspired Approach to Early Stage Structural Form Finding

Bio-Inspired Approach to Early Stage Structural Form Finding

Bio-Inspired approach to early stage structural form finding by Ivan Avdic

Cochleas

Cochleas

A methodology to convert an existing layout into a residential one by Konstantina Chouliara

David & The Vegetable Factory

David & The Vegetable Factory

A two-stage optimization model for generating a vegetable factory’s facility layout using the gradient descent approach by David den Ouden

Encoding Building Products

Encoding Building Products

Creating a design workflow for a modular infill system using Discrete Building Information Modelling and Design Grammars by Tim Schumann

Re-thinking The Region

Re-thinking The Region

Re-thinking the region; Systematic evaluation of residential location choice under disaster risk by Kotryna Valeckaite

Towards A New Tensegrity System

Towards A New Tensegrity System

Towards a new tensegrity system for large-span structures by Duc Ngo

Graduation Topics

Proposed Graduation Topics

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